Lithuanian hit and run driver nabbed

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A Lithuanian driver has been arrested after crashing through a road barrier.The 41-year-old man got behind the wheel after causing an accident near Laa an der Thaya in Lower Austria yesterday (Tues). He crashed through a road block police had built up a few kilometres down the road close to the Czech border.The hit and […]

Night-time shooter ‘forgot’ about flats

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An elderly Upper Austrian man who shot at a house in New Year’s Eve claimed he “forgot” that the building was located in the direction he fired at.Police in Wels have been investigating after a bullet went through the window of a family’s flat in Wels shortly before midnight on New Year’s Eve. The horrified […]

Dad and son shot in hunt

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A father and son participating in a hunt were injured by stray shots at the weekend.The 47-year-old farmer and his son, 14, took part in the hunt near Kötschach in Carinthia on Saturday. Police said today (Mon) the man sustained an open wound on his forehand when being hit by a buckshot, while his son […]